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Who funds Suzan K Delbene?

Washington U.S. House District 1DemocratFiled as incumbentFEC H0WA08046
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Suzan K. DelBene

In the U.S. House (WA-1) since 2012 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 1 committee: Ways and Means · 3 subcommittees
  • 403 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 2 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H0WA08046) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Suzan K DelbeneFEC filing: Suzan K Delbene · H0WA08046 ↗
Raised
$4.0M
Spent
$4.3M
Cash on hand
$1.0M
Debts
$495K
  • Individuals 55% $2.2M
  • PACs & other committees 45% $1.8M
  • Party committees <0.1% $38
  • Other receipts 0.4% $17K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $299K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $113K supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PROTECT PROGRESSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $113K
  2. SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC $10

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  2. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K
  3. MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC)Trade association PAC · Mortgage Bankers Association $10K
  4. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMTrade association PAC · National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors $10K
  5. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PACUnion PAC · Laborers' International Union Of North America $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $2.2M from individuals

43% in small-dollar gifts

$935K of $2.2M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 44%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.

The itemized gifts below add up to $920K of the $1.3M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026 for this campaign.

69% from Washington · 31% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

57% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Washington $638K
  2. California $62K
  3. Massachusetts $38K
  4. District of Columbia $38K
  5. New York $27K
  6. Maryland $18K
  7. Virginia $17K
  8. Texas $16K

Top employers named by donors

  1. APOLLO $11K
  2. MICROSOFT $7,550
  3. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON $5,636
  4. AMAZON $4,750
  5. AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP $4,250
  6. MEHLMAN CONSULTING $4,205
  7. PERKINS COIE LLP $3,750
  8. CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS $2,500
  9. GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION $2,000
  10. AKIN $1,500

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $555K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $311K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, net of refunds (6,477 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $113K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks

Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • Mail, print & signs 100% $113K

Largest late spenders for

  1. PROTECT PROGRESS $113K

Latest dissemination on these reports: July 21, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (2 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $2.3M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $2.3M of the $4.3M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 23% $538K
  • Consultants & strategy 2% $56K
  • Staff & payroll 12% $291K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 46% $1.1M
  • Polling, research & data 2% $37K
  • Travel, meals & events 7% $156K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $122K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $56K
  • Other or unclassified 0.4% $8,696

Largest payees

  1. SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES $784K
  2. SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA $313K
  3. GUSTO $286K
  4. ANGERHOLZER BROZ CONSULTING LLC $245K
  5. NEWMAN PARTNERS $161K

Paid to individuals: $38K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (884 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.